Stefan Rehn

Stefan Rehn
Jan Stefan Rehn (born 22 September 1966) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. As a player he represented Djurgårdens IF, Everton, IFK Göteborg, and Lausanne Sports, winning a combined six Swedish Championships with the two Swedish clubs. He won 45 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at UEFA Euro 1992 and the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also represented the Sweden Olympic team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Club career
Rehn was born in Stockholm. After playing for a local club, he joined Djurgårdens IF from Stockholm. He made his debut in the senior team in the 1984 season. He was the Swedish football Division 2 top scorer in 1987. In 1988, he was part of Djurgården's Swedish Championship silver medal team and in 1989, he played in the 1989 Svenska Cupen Final loss against Malmö FF.
In the Summer of 1989, he joined English club Everton who cost about half a million pounds from Djurgarden. Rehn started two games and made four substitute appearances for the Toffees. His debut in the League, came 16 September 1989 at Selhurst Park against Charlton Athletic, when Everton won 1-0. Then it was 14 October 1989 when Millwall came to Goodison and were beaten 2-1. Rehn came on midway through the first half to replace an injured Ian Snodin and was immediately shadowed by the Londoners' combative midfielder Terry Hurlock. By the hour Rehn was replaced by Graeme Sharp and this game would come to be Rehn's Everton watershed and he soon condemned as being too lightweight for the English game.
In January 1990 he returned to Sweden and IFK Göteborg with which he won five Swedish Championships. He then moved to Swiss club Lausanne Sports before rejoining his old club Djurgårdens IF in 2000, winning another Championship in 2002 before retiring.
International career
Rehn, whose parents are from Åland, received a call-up for the Sweden national under-18 football team but was ineligible to play until 1984 when he acquired Swedish citizenship. In total, he made eight U18 appearances (one goal) and 17 U21 appearances (three goals).
Rehn made his international debut in a 1988 4–1 friendly win against East Germany national football team, a match in which he also scored his first international goal in the 58th minute. He played two matches in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Sweden. He was part of the UEFA Euro 1992 squad, but did not play.
He was part of the Sweden team that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Management career
After his retirement, he was then part of Djurgården's coaching staff before taking the job as manager of his other previous Swedish club IFK Göteborg for the 2007 season as a joint manager with Jonas Olsson. He left in 2010. Between 2011 and 2013, he was head coach for Jitex BK, and in 2014 he joined Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC as head coach.
In May 2018, Rehn was appointed head coach of Utsiktens BK. In December 2019, Rehn announced in an interview, that he had agreed to sign a new two-year deal. However, on 29 January 2020, it was confirmed that he had left the club and that the parties never signed any extension in December 2019.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rehn goal.
Honours
Djurgårdens IF
Allsvenskan: 2002
Svenska Cupen: 2002
Superettan: 2000
Division 1 Norra: 1987
Division 2 Norra: 1985
IFK Göteborg
Allsvenskan: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
Svenska Cupen: 1991
Individual
Kristallkulan: 1991, 1993
Axpo Player of the Year: 1998
Årets Järnkamin: 2001
Swedish Manager of the Year: 2007
References
External links
1966 births
Living people
Footballers from Stockholm
Men's association football midfielders
Swedish men's footballers
Swedish football managers
Sweden men's international footballers
Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Sweden men's youth international footballers
Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
Everton F.C. players
IFK Göteborg players
FC Lausanne-Sport players
Allsvenskan players
Superettan players
Ettan Fotboll players
Division 2 (Swedish football) players
Swiss Super League players
IFK Göteborg managers
UEFA Euro 1992 players
1994 FIFA World Cup players
Olympic footballers for Sweden
Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll non-playing staff
Jitex BK managers
BK Häcken FF managers
Sundbybergs IK players
Swedish people of Finnish descent